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77. FINE AND RARE AMERICAN SCRIMSHAWED SPERM WHALE TOOTH, circa 1840, a legend under the waterline
reads “Invoy . of . Newportt . RI .” This tooth is important and rare as it identifies the ship, port and timeline. Above is a portside
portrait of the Envoy with false gunports, some sails furled and two whaleboats out. Each whaleboat sailing in opposite directions
with harpoons at the ready. One approaching a diving whale, the other on the stern side with a warf stuck. The Envoy’s first voyage
sailed out of Providence, Rhode Island with Captain J.C. Clark on December 26, 1833 and returned January 1, 1838. The whale tooth
is scrimshawed 270 degrees around the tooth.
Length 6 ⅝ in. Width 2 in.
78. WHALEMAN CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE PIE CRIMPER, circa 1850, in two main sections the
bone zig-zag wheel pinned to an ivory scroll with five other scrolls cascading from which a three-prong fork is pinned. The lower grip
is connected with a baleen spacer and is carved with an open diamond and a hinged hanger.
Length 9 ½ in.
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